New ‘Centaurus’ coronavirus variant surfacing in multiple countries
According to The Washington Post, the name randomly came from a Twitter user before countries latched on to it. South Korea recently confirmed its first case of the BA.2.75 variant that was found in a sample analysis of a man in his 60s who lives in Incheon and first developed symptoms on July 8.RELATED: CDC endorses more traditional Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adultsThe Netherlands also reported cases, saying it has joined other countries who have reported cases including India, Australia, Japan, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.
So far, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not listed the variant on its website.Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from vaccines and previous infections.
It’s unclear whether it could cause more serious disease than other omicron variants, including the globally prominent BA.5.The U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent panel of advisers voted to recommend the first COVID-19 shots for babies and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin soon."It’s still really early on for us to draw too many conclusions," said Matthew Binnicker, director of clinical virology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
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